Yun Shang stayed up late in the night. She got up a little late the next day. Just after she finished her breakfast, the butler brought the account book to her. "Today's account books are about other mansions. They contained every detail about the mansions we bought after we came to the State of Xia. Your highness, you don't have to read it in one day."
Yun Shang looked through it and nodded, "OK, I see."
When Yun Shang opened the account book, Qian Liu came in, "Your highness, the servant reported that the seventh princess has come."
"Yutong?" Yun Shang thought for a while. Since the seventh prince had knelt down in the Taiji hall, Hua Yutong hadn't come to her for days. And the incident of the seventh prince had been left unsettled, just as Yun Shang expected.
"Ask the seventh princess to come in." Yun Shang replied with a smile.
Qian Liu answered and went out again. After a while, she led Hua Yutong in.
When Yun Shang saw Hua Yutong come in, she closed the account book in her hand and stood up with a smile. "You have known my habits well. I've just got up and now you are here."
Hua Yutong smiled lightly, but only sighed softly, "It's turned so cold today. When I came here just now, I felt as if my face was cut into pieces by the wind."
Yun Shang listened and looked at Hua Yutong carefully. She couldn't help but have some feelings. Hua Yutong was different from what she was before she got married, although she had been married for less than a month. For these days, her eyes were full of sadness.
"The spring will come after several cold months. I heard that the most beautiful time in the State of Xia is spring. All the peach blossom bloomed, like a paradise on earth. I missed it last year when I came to the State of Xia. I have to take a good look this year." Yun Shang said with a smile, taking the seat beside her.
Hua Yutong answered, seemingly absent-minded. "Yes, peach flowers are all over the mountains. They're very beautiful." While speaking, he looked around casually. "I saw you looking at the account book just now? I didn't see you do that before. I thought you have no interest in these things."
"Yes, you're right. I'm not into it. But I have no idea. I have to learn." Yun Shang replied casually and asked Qian Liu to pour tea for Hua Yutong and fetch some cakes.
"I heard that after the seventh prince knelt down outside the Taiji hall last time, he sent for a doctor. Is he all right?" Yun Shang asked softly. She had heard about it from Luo Qingyan that the seventh prince had asked for a leave and hadn't attended the morning court since then. The seventh prince had knelt for about twenty hours in coldness. Even an ordinary person couldn't bear it.
Hearing Yun Shang's question, a bitter smile appeared on Hua Yutong's face. She lowered her head and said, "To tell you the truth, after that day, I haven't seen the seventh prince at all. Every time I went to bring him some tonic soup, I was stopped outside the door by his servant. I've never come in. "
Yun Shang didn't expect such a terrible thing to happen. She thought for a while and said, "You must have suffered a lot."
Hua Yutong shook her head with a smile. "It doesn't matter if I'm bitter or not. It's probably my fate. These days, I've seen clearly that I've just got the title of the seventh prince. In fact, no one has regarded me as the real princess in the mansion. It doesn't matter, though I don't understand many things, I know vaguely. But it's not a bad thing. After Prince Rui... "
Hua Yutong paused for a while, chuckled, and continued, "After that, I will ask for a divorce letter and live my own life."
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes slightly and thought, 'The words Hua Yutong didn't speak out should be 'after Prince Rui ascended to the throne'.
"You are a good girl. You will find your own happiness." Yun Shang smiled and held her hands.
Hua Yutong nodded her head. She remained silent for a while and said in a casual tone, "But his highness should be fine now. This morning when I was walking in the mansion, I saw General Feng Ming enter his yard."
Feng Ming? Yun Shang went blank for a while. The information about the officers and generals of the State of Xia flashed through her mind. She was remembering Feng Ming, but she kept calm. "It's good that the seventh prince is all right. Don't worry about him."
Hua Yutong was stunned for a while and then nodded.
After they chatted for a while, Hua Yutong stood up and left. Yun Shang asked a maid to send her out. Then she looked up at Qian Liu, "Fetch the third book on the third row on the bookshelf."
Qian Liu answered and took the book for Yun Shang. Yun Shang opened the book and tried to recall. Then she opened it and turned to a page, and her fingers slid down, landing on the bottom of a name: Feng Ming.
After a while, Yun Shang slightly frowned. "After the war in KY City, Feng Ming was dispatched by Xia Huanyu to guard the city not far away from KY City. I haven't heard Xia Huanyu has summoned him recently. The general guarding the border cannot go back to the Jin City without being summoned. Why is he here in the Jin City, especially in the mansion of the seventh prince. Has seventh prince taken any actions lately? "
"Is it possible that the seventh princess made a mistake?" Qian Zhuo stood aside listening to Yun Shang's muttering and said gently.
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